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Brenna Populin

@brennafiona.bsky.social

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My interests are literature, art, archeology, history, nature and baking. I’m also taking my first stumbling steps learning Gaeilge. Wife and Mother in Oregon.

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Dec 30

My last drawing for the year, Mr. Chunky the half-tailed squirrel. He has been a frequent visitor for years. #squirrel #sqrlpix #mammals #art #drawing

A colored pencil drawing of a fox squirrel with orange and red maple leaves in the foreground. A lake and distant trees lurk in the background.

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 2d

That is one of my favorite shows.

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhhhh!!! Pine Marten berserker!
#PineMarten #mammals #wildlife

Wild About the Borders @wildborders.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously! This little guy is determined to destroy the camera! @pinetencolin.bsky.social

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Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 4d

Tangoing Trees!

#Trees #Dancing #Tango

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 7d

Wait for it…PINE MARTEN ATTACK!
#PineMarten #mammals #wildlife

Wild About the Borders @wildborders.bsky.social · 7d

Please don’t destroy my camera…… @pinetencolin.bsky.social

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 8d

What's it like inside your head?

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 12d

I love this series!

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 12d

If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 17d

Look at this beautiful creature!
#PineMarten #mammals #wildlife

Dannyboy wildlife @dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social · 18d

Pine marten

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 18d

This looks amazing!

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 18d

I just bought my 6 year old a dictionary. Does this make me a Luddite in these crazy times? 📚

Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 18d

I refuse to use any generative AI shite and cannot stand the idea of the likes of Alexa, Google Home, or even a ring doorbell.

In more positive ludditisms, I recently bought a whetstone to learn to properly sharpen my own knives and axes #apocalypseskills

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 19d

i have never, not once, listened to a song on spotify unless it was playing at somebody else's place

what are you a luddite about

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 22d

This is hypnotizing!

Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 23d

Blocking in each of the little woodland critters one by one for the new Moonlit March painting. Here’s a tiny sneak peek of what’s to come! 🌙✨

#MoonlitMarch #WIP #AnimalArt #FantasyArt #WoodlandCreatures #OpossumArt #FantasyPainter #InTheStudio #OilPainting

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 23d

Ran into this young muskrat out enjoying an evening snack at the local wetlands yesterday. #wildlife #muskrat

A muskrat sits in the shallow water, chewing on a green reed. Have a great day!

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · 29d

I would like to give my brain a nice tea brack treatment— dump it into a bowl of raisins and tea to soak overnight. Nice and caffeinated for the morning…

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Oct 3

It takes a lot of patience to not use masking tape, I am constantly damaging my paper with it though. I like the softness this creates.

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · Oct 1

let the gourd times roll

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Oct 2

Happy #RaccoonAwarenessDay

A close up photograph of a raccoon with its mouth slightly open showing its pearly white canine teeth.

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Oct 2

I used my food chopper only twice before deciding there were too many injury opportunities between set up, using and washing up.

two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse .

ALT: two knights are standing in the woods and one of them is saying i 've had worse .

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 27

Thank you!

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 27

I made a batch of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies that are sugar free, gluten free and egg free. They taste shockingly good considering all the alterations.
#cookies #GlutenFree #pumpkin #baking

A close up photograph of surprisingly edible gluten and sugar free pumpkin cookies.

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 27

Today is caturday…?

#raccoon #caturday

A photograph of a raccoon eating out of a cat bowl on a porch.

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · Sep 26

Happy Sea Otter Awareness Week! 🦦
Sea otters’ paws are incredible tools, thanks in part to their semi-retractable claws and Libby’s got paws made for action! 🐾 Full of energy and curiosity, she loves showing off during training sessions.

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Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 27

This is my least favorite of the Brontë novels but you have a beautiful hardcover which is a plus.

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 26

Ummm…a little too close Mr. Raccoon.
#raccoon #mammals #WildlifeCamera

Brenna Populin @brennafiona.bsky.social · Sep 25

Mr. Steller’s Jay is very suspicious about this iPhone siting by his pile of nuts. #StellersJay #birds #nature

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Sep 24

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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